Terrorism Watchlist Entry
Detects terrorism and national security watchlist entries including risk ratings, monitoring status, intelligence basis, and border alert configurations. Disclosure enables subjects to evade monitoring and compromises border security.
- Type
- keyword_proximity
- Engine
- universal
- Confidence
- high
- Confidence justification
- High confidence: requires watchlist terminology with personal identifiers and risk classification. ASIO referral references with border alerts and risk ratings are distinctive to genuine records.
- Jurisdictions
- global
- Regulations
- Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth)
- Frameworks
- QGISCF
- Data categories
- law-enforcement
- Scope
- wide
- Risk rating
- 10
Pattern
(?i)\b(terrorism\s+watchlist|persons?\s+of\s+interest\s+register|national\s+security\s+flag|adverse\s+security\s+assessment|security\s+alert\s+(?:entry|notification)|border\s+alert\s+(?:entry|notification)|movement\s+alert\s+(?:list|entry)|no[\-\s]fly\s+list\s+(?:entry|nomination)|ASIO\s+(?:referral|assessment|security\s+assessment))\b
Corroborative evidence keywords
PROTECTED, Law-Enforcement, NATIONAL SECURITY, RESTRICTED, ASIO, AFP, Australian Border Force, watchlist, national security flag, adverse assessment, border alert, movement alert, no-fly list, enhanced screening, active monitoring, high risk, elevated risk, investigation, enforcement, prosecution (+38 more)
Proximity: 300 characters
Should match
PROTECTED — NATIONAL SECURITY. Terrorism Watchlist Entry. Subject: Omar Hassan IBRAHIM, DOB 03/11/1988, passport PA1234567. National security flag: ACTIVE. ASIO adverse security assessment 14/10/2024. Ref ASA-2024-7892. Risk: HIGH. Border alert: movement alert — notify AFP/ASIO on travel. Enhanced screening all airports.— Terrorism watchlist entry with ASIO assessment and border alertsRESTRICTED. POI Register update. Subject added to watchlist per ASIO referral ASA-2025-0342. Adverse assessment: foreign terrorist organisation association. Active monitoring. No-fly list nomination to Home Affairs. Movement alert all border points.— POI register update with ASIO referral and no-fly nominationBorder alert notification. Subject: Fatima AL-RASHIDI. National security flag triggered at Brisbane International. Movement alert confirmed. ASIO assessment: elevated risk. Enhanced screening. AFP and ASIO notified. POI register entry active since March 2024.— Border alert triggered by watchlist at airport
Should not match
Home Affairs published a factsheet explaining Australia's border alert system, including alert types and review processes.— Published government factsheetA civil liberties report criticised the lack of transparency in no-fly list processes, arguing individuals lack due process.— Civil liberties report on watchlistsA news article reported an Australian citizen was denied boarding due to a security watchlist. The lawyer would challenge in court.— Media report about watchlist challenge
Known false positives
- Government factsheets about border systems Mitigation: Negative keyword exclusion: 'factsheet', 'published', 'explains', 'public information'
- Civil liberties reports on watchlist processes Mitigation: Negative keyword exclusion: 'civil liberties', 'human rights', 'criticising', 'due process'
- Media reporting about watchlist challenges Mitigation: Negative keyword exclusion: 'news article', 'reported', 'allegedly', 'lawyer stated'
- Parliamentary reviews of national security legislation Mitigation: Negative keyword exclusion: 'parliamentary', 'committee', 'legislative review'